Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Like a God
Theognis 337-340 (tr. M.L. West):
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Zeus grant I may repay my friends, who are so kind,
Cyrnus, and even more my enemies.
I'd feel then like a god on earth, could I but get
revenge before my appointed death-day comes.
Ζεύς μοι τῶν τε φίλων δοίη τίσιν, οἵ με φιλεῦσιν,
τῶν τ᾽ ἐχθρῶν μεῖζον, Κύρνε, δυνησόμενον.
χοὔτως ἄν δοκέοιμι μετ᾽ ἀνθρώπων θεὸς εἶναι
εἴ μ᾽ ἀποτεισάμενον μοῖρα κίχῃ θανάτου.
